By Elvia Limón, Laura Blasey and Amy Hubbard
Hello, it’s Tuesday, June 14, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:
Trump ignored warnings that election fraud claims were ‘bogus’
Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and former Atty. Gen. William Barr recounted in video depositions their repeated warnings to then-President Trump that his election fraud claims were groundless. The depositions were part of the second hearing this month by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Several of Trump’s closest aides in the White House and his campaign told the committee of their growing dismay when Trump dismissed multiple warnings between the Nov. 3, 2020, election and Jan. 6, 2021, that the claims he pushed had been investigated but could not be proved.
In a deposition presented at the hearing, Barr recounted a conversation he had with Trump the day the electoral college met and voted, in which the president told Barr that new purported evidence of problems with voting machines in rural Michigan would assure Trump would serve a second term.
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